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Summary and Key Points: The unveiling of the GCAP mock-up sparked a simple question: why are next-generation fighters getting so large? -Size is a...
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Summary and Key Points: The unveiling of the GCAP mock-up sparked a simple question: why are next-generation fighters getting so large? -Size is a...
Canada’s defense spending surge is colliding with a politically fraught fighter decision. Ottawa committed to 88 F-35s and funded an initial 16, but rising...
Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon’s rejection of the Boeing X-32 in favor of the Lockheed Martin F-35 was not merely a choice between...
Washington is signaling that Canada’s fighter decision could trigger real consequences for NORAD. U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra warned that if Prime Minister Mark Carney...
Summary and Key Points: Iran unveiled the Qaher-313 in February 2013 as a domestically produced “stealth fighter,” portraying it as a major leap in...
China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon has become the backbone of the PLAAF’s fifth-generation force, with independent tallies placing production above 300 aircraft by late 2025....
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s Su-35 Flanker is a highly refined evolution of the Su-27 line—built to bridge delays in the Su-57 and sell...
Summary and Key Points: A coalition of European F-35 operators could assemble a 200-plus jet, networked force, with projections of roughly 600 European F-35s...
Summary and Key Points: With sixth-generation fighters still shrouded in secrecy, the more immediate comparison is fifth-generation: China’s J-20 versus America’s F-35 and F-22....
Summary and Key Points: Analysts are debating whether the U.S. should export its upcoming sixth-generation fighters, the Air Force’s F-47 and Navy’s F/A-XX, or...